California · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS
FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,434 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $89k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $412k
What Friends of Calaveras Animal Services or Focas does
Mission
we support the immediate needs of the animals at the shelter by paying for such things as emergency medical treatment, euthansia, spay and neuter costs, transport of animals to other shelters and varius supplies necessary for the care and comfort of the animals at the county shelter
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We pay primarily for the spay and neuter of feral cats transported to other shelters and rescues in Oregon and Washington. These include, but are not limited to, the Oregon Humane Society, PAWS, Noah's Rescue, Kit Cat Rescue. Costs for lodging and fuel is also reimbursed for the transporters.
$36,296 spent52% of program spendingWe pay for spay/neuter and vaccinations for feral cats as part of our Return to Field Program, allowing feral colonies to remain stable without increasing the cat population, Prevent Another Litter for dogs, emergency medical procedures for shelter animals and any other expense to benefit the animals at the shelter
$33,951 spent48% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,247.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $292k to $364k (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
75% of FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Deborah Beaufort
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $30k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 96% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
72% of FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $60k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $156k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS has grown faster than half of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS?
- FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,434 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $216,434 in grants to FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF CALAVERAS ANIMAL SERVICES OR FOCAS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing